Iron Solomon, the self-proclaimed “Fresh Prince of Fight Klub,” defended his title last night (July 9) against the Philly upstart Young ZM. The three-round battle took place at Fight Klub’s billiard-style studio on 38th and 9th avenue in New York City and was the main event of the night’s four-bracket diss fest. The obvious favorite, New York’s Iron Solomon, found no trouble combining freestyles and pre-writes to win over the crowd in the early stages. Solomon bragged to the Philly rapper “…[this] is beef you can’t handle on your New York trip, ‘cause you’re a Philly cheese steak and I’m a New York strip…you should spend your whole life in hiding-like RuPaul’s dick.”
The judges — Saigon, Cassidy, Hurricane Chris and Ralph McDaniels — were delighted in what Cassidy called Solomon’s “ability to keep it funny and then flip it on some serious shit.” The crowd, an assortment of fans and New York hip-hoppers such as Joell Ortiz and DJ Clark Kent concurred with Cassidy’s co-sign. After calling out Murda Mook, who backed out of battling Solomon a day before, Solomon was unanimously declared the victor of a contest Saigon joked was “over by the second round.”
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July 10th, 2007
at 10:42 am
Back Once Again says:
Word! Tight work!
XXL MAG CENSORS YOU!
If these bloggers get their feelings hurt they delete your shiz to keep you from knowing the truth. Yet, they preech knowledge and understanding. Hypocrites.
ONE!
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July 10th, 2007
at 10:54 am
Rob says:
wow…
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July 10th, 2007
at 10:58 am
Caine says:
Damn, I wish I was der. Oh well. Big Up to Solomon…
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:14 am
Reef says:
Murda Mook backed out of a battle. (in scooby doo voice) WHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAhhhh? Murda Fluke is a fraud and Millz exposed his ass
Why Philly gotta get murked? :0(
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:20 am
Young Philly says:
Yooo. I just looked up Young ZM Cuz im from Philly and i was like “who da fuck is this nigga” and “why would he wanna battle solomon” cuz anybody know that a “pre-written” battle rapper can not beat a VERY GOOD “freestyler” and frankly i haven’t seen a good “freestyler” as good as Solomon…EVER. So back to “ZM” this nigga is a NOBODY from Philly. NOBODY has ever heard of him, or seen him, or even know who da fuck he is. So THUMBS DOWN to giving Iron Solomon (A TREX) an easy win (A LAMB).
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:22 am
Young Philly says:
and when i say “Pre written” battle rapper i mean the judges too. Cassidy, Saigon, Joel Ortiz, None of them can beat solomon in the art of freestyle, now pre-writtens, punchlines, songs, concepts. thats yet to be determined but as far as this freestyle shit, Solomon has it.
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:29 am
Incilin says:
nigga where can i seee the video?
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:33 am
Cool says:
I have to hear this cat flow I never heard of him before .
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:37 am
GMAN says:
does he have any music?
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:57 am
Slated Best says:
Quote of the night: “I’m only battling you cause Murda Mook was scurrrred”
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July 10th, 2007
at 12:36 pm
brebre says:
YAWN. THIS IS NEWS?
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July 10th, 2007
at 12:48 pm
My Effin' Opinion says:
Iron Solomon is aaite, but I really can’t hear him on a track.
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July 10th, 2007
at 1:05 pm
CoolCalmMe says:
My Effin’ Opinion: I don’t really hear you on a track either-in fact, I don’t really hear you at all-you’re writing on a web-based hiphop forum. As for Hurricane Chris being a judge-Ay Bay Bay is probably the stupidest song I’ve evar heard-can Solomon top that? Probably won’t be too hard-I hope. Lastly, is Brebre a name based on the Hurricane Chris track?
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July 10th, 2007
at 1:10 pm
Nah Right » Blog Archive » Iron Solomon Holds Onto Title says:
[...] Iron Solomon successfully defended his title at Fight Klub last night. I couldn’t make it, but here’s a short rundown. I’m sure some audio or video will be surfacing shortly. [...]
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July 10th, 2007
at 1:46 pm
GodzGift says:
Right-battling is like the new Breakdancing
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July 10th, 2007
at 3:24 pm
Back Once Again says:
Go peep the internets celebrity video if you wanna see the real Billy Sunday.
Fat Hypocrite.
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July 10th, 2007
at 7:52 pm
My Effin' Opinion says:
@ CoolCalmMe
You must either know Solomon or You’re just an asshole (Pro’lly both)
What I was sayin’ was that alot cats that freestyle don’t really sound good on tracks cuz freestylin is a different art (like streetballers and NBA players … You can’t really see Hot Sauce playin on an NBA team, but he’s good at what he does … like Solomon)
There have been plenty of freestlye cats that are dope at battles but they really don’t sound right on tracks … Serius Jones, 40 Cal, Eyedea, Jin, etc.
Get off my dick if I ain’t talkin about or to you.
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July 10th, 2007
at 11:11 pm
slimgoode says:
yung zm is the oppsite of solomon a song writter, if the table were turned… ?and why the hell would they match him up with solmon anyway thats like a pitt and a chow chow! zm back be back!!
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July 11th, 2007
at 8:16 am
coolcalmme says:
My Effin’ Opinion: True. You right. You right.
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July 11th, 2007
at 3:36 pm
bug says:
i no 1 thing zm choked but that never happens even frazer beat ali but yall seen what wappen on the rematch solomon dont want no rematch cause he no zm will be the 1 to trash him itll be a next time trust me money talk and casdaluchi bout they bread
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July 11th, 2007
at 3:40 pm
dub says:
for 1 zm got chewed but i heard his iron solomon dis track and that jon of the meat rack
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July 12th, 2007
at 12:59 am
HipHopHead07 says:
c’mon young Philly…how r u from PHI and aint never heard a Yung Zm? He a beast. ppl talkin shit but all they heard was Solomon’s last round audio…i think ppl will be seein da bull Zm out there doin his thing soon enough.
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July 12th, 2007
at 3:33 pm
NyStateOfMiNd says:
Yo i am a huge solomon fan, and this verse was nothin more then i expected, sick as fuck! But did yaw hear the guy Yung Zm’s diss track? I wont lie, its impressive, u think solomon will respond? Ive never heard a solomon track period so I doubt it. Here it is tho http://www.cassassin.com/cassassin/allfalldown.mp3
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July 12th, 2007
at 4:15 pm
hip hop boy says:
yo that diss jon off the hook how he let iron solomon beat him
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July 12th, 2007
at 6:00 pm
D says:
So, ZM BIT murda mook to make a diss track at I.S.?
Check it yourself, first verse, the bleach stain line. Mook’s been using that for YEARS. If you don’t believe me check it yourself.
Either way, ZM’s trash. Wack high-school basement beats, wack bitten rhymes, and a weak style. It’s no wonder solomon had the battle over before the second round.
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July 12th, 2007
at 6:03 pm
cassassin says:
Dude solomon is a comedian that rhymes.
let’s hear him on the track…
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July 13th, 2007
at 5:33 am
D says:
Cassassin, go up to the EoW some time and peep him over a beat and tell me he’s just a comedian…
ZM’s whole catalog couldn’t touch this one line from solomon.
“Adam and eve bit my shit and got banned from the garden on eden”.
There’s a reason so many labels are eyeing this cat right now, it’s because as it stands he IS one of the most vicious mc’s on the mic. He’s just on a level far and beyond ZM, plain and simple.
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July 13th, 2007
at 7:42 am
hip hop boy says:
cassassin i feel you zm got over 300 songs hes definitly hotter
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July 13th, 2007
at 8:57 am
D says:
Having more songs don’t make you hotter then someone else. If you can’t beat them in a battle, you’re not hotter then them. Plain and simple. ZM was out-classed, I don’t know why you people find it so hard to comprehend that white boys can be ill too.
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July 13th, 2007
at 3:22 pm
hip hop boy says:
never
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August 22nd, 2007
at 8:42 am
bugg says:
the iron solomon diss track hotter
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August 22nd, 2007
at 6:32 pm
Cgrizzle says:
mook should beat solomon eazy,iron is iight,but that dude ZM is trash. . really “who the fuck is he” anyways,solomon gettin prop’s for beatin NOBODY type dude’zz
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